Comments for State of Franklin Blog http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com Primarily Politics and Happenings in the "Lost State of Franklin," but Can be Much More Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Fred Phillips… by Anonymous http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/fred-phillips/#comment-65 Anonymous Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:56:20 +0000 http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/fred-phillips/#comment-65 I find it hard to believe that so many people have forgotten that Fred Phillips was the deputy commissioner of the department of safety before he was ever appointed as commissioner. I also find it hard to believe that the deputy commissioner would not know what is going on in his department. I find it hard to believe that so many people have forgotten that Fred Phillips was the deputy commissioner of the department of safety before he was ever appointed as commissioner. I also find it hard to believe that the deputy commissioner would not know what is going on in his department.

]]> Comment on SOF – Elections by Chris Lugo http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/sof-elections/#comment-33 Chris Lugo Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:07:42 +0000 http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/12/sof-elections/#comment-33 Dear Tennessee Voters, Greetings. My name is Chris Lugo and I want to be your Senator. I am the only candidate running for United States Senate from Tennessee who stands for peace. I want an end to this illegal, immoral and unjust war in Iraq that has claimed the lives of over two thousand Americans and has cost us hundreds of billions of dollars. President Bush had no business sending troops into Iraq. He lied to Americans about weapons of mass destruction and now he is busy spying on Americans. He has violated the United States Constitution and he and the right wing extremists who have put him in office need to go. Tennessee needs a progressive voice representing her at the federal level. Tennesseans care about health care, they care about jobs, they care about a sustainable environment. Tennesseans want to live in a state and in a nation whose future is secure and prosperous. I am the only candidate running for Senate in Tennessee who stands for the progressive ideals that have made this country great. I am truly interested in the needs of the poor, the elderly, women and children, working people, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and the environment. I am the only candidate who stands for peace. I have a long history of service to my community and working for a better Tennessee. I thank you for your time and hope you will consider me as your next United States Senator. Sincerely, Chris Lugo Green Party of Tennessee Candidate for US Senate www.chris4senate.com Dear Tennessee Voters,

Greetings. My name is Chris Lugo and I want to be your Senator.

I am the only candidate running for United States Senate from Tennessee who stands for peace. I want an end to this illegal, immoral and unjust war in Iraq that has claimed the lives of over two thousand Americans and has cost us hundreds of billions of dollars.

President Bush had no business sending troops into Iraq. He lied to Americans about weapons of mass destruction and now he is busy spying on Americans. He has violated the United States Constitution and he and the right wing extremists who have put him in office need to go.

Tennessee needs a progressive voice representing her at the federal level. Tennesseans care about health care, they care about jobs, they care about a sustainable environment. Tennesseans want to live in a state and in a nation
whose future is secure and prosperous.

I am the only candidate running for Senate in Tennessee who stands for the progressive ideals that have made this country great. I am truly interested in the needs of the poor, the elderly, women and children, working people, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and the environment. I am the only candidate who stands for peace. I have a long history of service to my community and working for a better Tennessee.

I thank you for your time and hope you will consider me as your next United States Senator.

Sincerely,

Chris Lugo
Green Party of Tennessee
Candidate for US Senate
http://www.chris4senate.com

]]> Comment on Focus Above – 10/1/06 – Suffering is Inevitable by First Citizen http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/focus-above-10106-suffering-is-inevitable/#comment-20 First Citizen Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:46:50 +0000 http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/focus-above-10106-suffering-is-inevitable/#comment-20 EE, All human suffering is merited. It is the consequence both of original sin and our own personal sin. Since we all deserve death by virtue of our own sin, nothing we suffer on this earth should be so easily tossed aside. Remember, "he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Matt 10:38 EE,

All human suffering is merited. It is the consequence both of original sin and our own personal sin. Since we all deserve death by virtue of our own sin, nothing we suffer on this earth should be so easily tossed aside.

Remember, “he who does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” Matt 10:38

]]> Comment on Greetings! by Tom in Cala Dor Palma de Mallorca http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-19 Tom in Cala Dor Palma de Mallorca Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:22:09 +0000 https://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-19 Very fitting I think: "God is the inner principle of all movement, the only identity which already fulfils and illuminates the universe. Everything is incorporated in this one principle, because it encloses infinity, it includes everything, and there is nothing that could be outside of it. " Giordano Bruno Very fitting I think: “God is the inner principle of all movement, the only identity which already fulfils and illuminates the universe. Everything is incorporated in this one principle, because it encloses infinity, it includes everything, and there is nothing that could be outside of it. ” Giordano Bruno

]]> Comment on Ideas by First Citizen http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/07/ideas/#comment-15 First Citizen Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:07:30 +0000 http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/07/ideas/#comment-15 Write about something interesting. Start with your own opinions about things other people are interested in. I would suggest the kind which may be contrary to those expressed by others. Write about something interesting. Start with your own opinions about things other people are interested in. I would suggest the kind which may be contrary to those expressed by others.

]]> Comment on Misused Verses by Sean Braisted http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/misused-verses/#comment-14 Sean Braisted Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:01:50 +0000 https://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/02/misused-verses/#comment-14 Ezekiel 25:17 "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." It is overused by gangsters as something hard to say before they kill someone. I don't think that was it's intended purpose :) Ezekiel 25:17

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”

It is overused by gangsters as something hard to say before they kill someone. I don’t think that was it’s intended purpose :)

]]> Comment on Nutty Northern Neighbors by kaybrooks http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/nutty-northern-neighbors/#comment-6 kaybrooks Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:19:41 +0000 http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/nutty-northern-neighbors/#comment-6 It didn't occur to anyone to make a phone call to someone who spoke Hebrew? It didn’t occur to anyone to make a phone call to someone who spoke Hebrew?

]]> Comment on Greetings! by Elihu Embree http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-5 Elihu Embree Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:32:48 +0000 https://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-5 Jama, Good points. I couldn't have said it better myself. I do enjoy reading your blog. I hope you don't mind that I placed it on my blog list. ~EE Jama,
Good points. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I do enjoy reading your blog. I hope you don’t mind that I placed it on my blog list.

~EE

]]> Comment on Greetings! by Jama http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-4 Jama Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:51:14 +0000 https://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-4 I must reiterate what EE posted in his response. If life begins at conception, then abortion is the harming of another person, and the person who does the harming must be held responsible. According to the Libertarian platform: "The Libertarian Party is the party of personal responsibility. We believe that anyone who harms another person should be held responsible for that action." So, the argument here is not whether or not someone should be punished for harming another - the answer to that is clearly affirmative. Rather, the argument is over when life begins. If not at conception, then when? I must reiterate what EE posted in his response. If life begins at conception, then abortion is the harming of another person, and the person who does the harming must be held responsible. According to the Libertarian platform: “The Libertarian Party is the party of personal responsibility. We believe that anyone who harms another person should be held responsible for that action.”

So, the argument here is not whether or not someone should be punished for harming another – the answer to that is clearly affirmative. Rather, the argument is over when life begins. If not at conception, then when?

]]> Comment on Greetings! by Elihu Embree http://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-3 Elihu Embree Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:49:43 +0000 https://stateoffranklin.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/greetings/#comment-3 Ayn, If you continue to follow my blog, you will discover that I am not a single issue voter. I also did not claim to be a Libertarian, but I said I "take a Libertarian approach," which simply means that I long for a less intrusive government on many issues. I do not believe that my view on abortion is anti-Libertarian, but I do reiterate I am not a Libertarian; I simply have a Libertarian ideology on several issues. (I will change my post that says that I despise the pro-choice crowd. It is a little harsher than I had hoped to put forward.) My belief is that evidence points to life beginning at conception. (There is evidence that says otherwise, but I have to err on the side of it beginning at conception.) Following this reasoning then, if life begins at conception, then abortion would, in effect, kill an actual human life. This would mean that an innocent life was lost, and thus there was a murder. Murder is something that must be a crime, and thus the government must be involved. I do not believe that the government should be involved in most of my private life. However, if I were to not stand up for this, then I would be a hypocrite, following my line of thought. I can not speak for you. I do not know when you think that life begins, but I hope that you will not see my thoughts as being hypocritical. And I do ask that you come to my blog. Be as critical as possible. And, I have looked at the Libertarian Platform.  I admire much of what is in it, but if I were to run for office, I would probably not do so as a Libertarian.  But, I do admire the Libertarian ideology, and I do agree with several ideas of the Libertarian Party. ~ EE Ayn,
If you continue to follow my blog, you will discover that I am not a single issue voter. I also did not claim to be a Libertarian, but I said I “take a Libertarian approach,” which simply means that I long for a less intrusive government on many issues.

I do not believe that my view on abortion is anti-Libertarian, but I do reiterate I am not a Libertarian; I simply have a Libertarian ideology on several issues. (I will change my post that says that I despise the pro-choice crowd. It is a little harsher than I had hoped to put forward.) My belief is that evidence points to life beginning at conception. (There is evidence that says otherwise, but I have to err on the side of it beginning at conception.) Following this reasoning then, if life begins at conception, then abortion would, in effect, kill an actual human life. This would mean that an innocent life was lost, and thus there was a murder. Murder is something that must be a crime, and thus the government must be involved.

I do not believe that the government should be involved in most of my private life. However, if I were to not stand up for this, then I would be a hypocrite, following my line of thought. I can not speak for you. I do not know when you think that life begins, but I hope that you will not see my thoughts as being hypocritical. And I do ask that you come to my blog. Be as critical as possible.

And, I have looked at the Libertarian Platform.  I admire much of what is in it, but if I were to run for office, I would probably not do so as a Libertarian.  But, I do admire the Libertarian ideology, and I do agree with several ideas of the Libertarian Party.

~ EE

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